GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon HD 7950 3GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 7950 3GB, which has core speeds of 800 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1792 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		200 Watts
	Difference: 169 Watts (545%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 7950 3GB, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 7950 3GB		240000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 227200 (1775%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7950 3GB is much (about 1802%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon HD 7950 3GB		89600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 84888 (1802%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon HD 7950 3GB is superior to the GeForce GT 210, by far. (explain)

Radeon HD 7950 3GB		25600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23244 (987%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.